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Originally Posted by JohnR
They can't do 50 KTS, even though that was an overreaching desgn spec. They were supposed to be 220 each and are over 700 mil WITHOUT mission packages. They require the cream of the crop to run but then they cut that cream to a lean crew and don't have enough people to do other missions. They have nowhere near enough protection, their offensive capability is crapped with the the short range missile being kaput (NLOS), they have the thin skin of a ship not likely to fair well in the littorals against guys with RPGs in skiffs.
700 Million each before the ASW module goes in, the Minesweeper module (800mil for a $^@*#& minesweeper??), or the ASuW module. Wonder how cheap those new chinese Fast patrol craft would run. Bet they kick the crap out of LCS.
Though LCS2 is REALLY sexy.
What we need to do is NOT do buck rogers projects like LCS or JSF where we cripple ourselves on stuff so expensive we can't buy what we need. And this was before we got into this budget crisis and foolish spending by every other government sector.
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they make good trolling vessels